Was thinking, at least LA could get a nice confidence win over a kind of mediocre team, it wouldn't count for much overall or tell us how they'd do against a good team, but then I remembered that the Lakers have become a mediocre team as well. Just stupefying how these guys can't hold together for 48 minutes, you see it in the losses, you see it in the wins, you're seeing it tonight. Doesn't matter how good anyone looks throughout the course of the game, there is guaranteed to be a moment where they just allow the opposing team to go on a 14-2 run or something similar.

This happens every time Kobe Bryant goes into moron mode and becomes the stupidest player on the floor. The Lakers play well, build a bit of a lead and suddenly Bryant starts chucking up 28 footers early in the clock which invariably lead to a few quick buckets by the opposition, turning the game around. As great as he is, as soon as he changes into Captain Idiot, his arse needs to sit on the bench for a few minutes.